We had a return flight to Paris from London. It was decided though that since we had already spent a few days in Paris, and it had been very hot and very expensive, we would head up to Brussels, Belgium for a couple days instead. I have a cousin who lives in Sweden and he had recommended that we visit Brussels while we were in the area. By this point we were such train traveling savants that another two hour trip seemed like a cakewalk.
Unfortunately, we found out too late that on the day that we had to return to Paris, in order to fly home the following morning, the Belgium transit system would be on strike in its entirety! So we ended up having to cut our stay in Brussels short by one day which meant that we really only had an afternoon to check it out. That’s not nearly enough time to properly explore a beautiful city like Brussels, but it was enough time to drink several beers and sample chocolates from various suppliers…. And really… if we had had another day, wouldn’t it have just been spent drinking more beers and eating more chocolates anyway? Let’s be honest.
This Way Maybe 